Acclimation and Tolerance Strategies of Rice under Drought Stress

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important food crop and requires larger amount of water throughout its life cycle as compared to other crops. Hence, water related stress cause severe threat to rice production. Drought is a major challenge limiting rice production. It affects rice at morphological (reduced germination,plant height, plant biomass, number of tillers, various root and leaf traits), ph…